Is preferential treatment always bad?

No.

Here's a report on the industries that received preferential treatment from our good friends at the NYC Independent Budget Office.

http://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/locallaw48110111.pdf

Do you like the industries they are giving preferential treatment to?

Any idea what "Financial Services" projects are?

Could be anything. You'd have to get a detailed report.

I found it interesting that

Projects During the Dinkins and Guiliani Administrations Were Relatively More Oriented to Financial and Information Firms